Question: Bhagavan, why do we suffer from fear and how do we get rid of it?

SRI BHAGAVAN: Fear is at the core of human existence. It acts as a stimulus for all other emotions. Nature or the Universe has designed fear to ensure physical survival. The lower brain or the reptilian brain is responsible for producing a fight or flight reaction, whenever physical survival is endangered. As civilizations grew and societies advanced, people’s lives became secure. Threat for physical survival diminished. The focus thereafter turned to the psychological sphere. Mind, with a strong sense of individual identity, then emerged, creating this territoriality and division as the “Me” and “Not me”....